RENOWNED serial pest Peter Hoare has been released on bail and instructed not to go near Sydney for the next five days after he was arrested by counter-terrorism police as he was allegedly making his way to Sydney to disrupt the royal visit.

Hoare, 54, was arrested at Hamilton railway station on Wednesday after he allegedly bought a train ticket to Sydney.

Counter-terrorism police allege that Hoare had indicated he would be disrupting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to the Opera House.

He was charged with being a convicted person found with intent to commit an indictable offence and was refused bail on Wednesday.